iSpace, a private Chinese launch service provider, made an attempt to Return to Flight (RTF) with their Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) vehicle on Tuesday August 3. This RTF mission was in response to Hyperbola-1’s second ever mission, which suffered a failure during ascent in February resulting in the loss of the payload and mission.
Tuesday’s flight attempt marked the vehicle’s third ever launch, and whilst it’s believed the flight progressed further than the previous anomaly, there is a growing consensus that the latter stages of the mission were not successful.